Robert L. Ullmann’s March 6 hearing before the Governor’s Council quickly spiraled into an uncomfortable referendum on the James “Whitey” Bulger case. The Boston lawyer and his onetime boss, former U.S. Attorney Wayne A. Budd, answered heated questions for more ...

When it comes to Whitey Bulger’s 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals petition, no news probably isn’t good news. It’s been almost two months since Bulger argued in a petition for a writ of mandamus that U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns should be removed from the reputed mobster’s June 6 trial.

Much is being made of a Boston Globe story reporting that James “Whitey” Bulger’s medical problems could delay the start of his June 6 trial. Apparently, 83-year-old Bulger was recently examined by doctors at Jordan ­Hospital in Plymouth for an ...

For all that’s been written about Whitey Bulger’s life of crime, Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill’s recently published book, “Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss,” manages to shed new light on his early involvement with the criminal ...

The defense can say what it wants about the way the government is handling the James “Whitey” Bulger case, but it can’t accuse prosecutors of failing to keep up with the latest developments in the law.